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-ome

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combining form

  1. denoting a mass or part of a specified kind

    rhizome
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Etymology

Origin of -ome

variant of -oma

Example Sentences

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The -ome suffix, Hartung says, suited the scale of his goal: a description of the entire set of cellular processes responsible for toxicity.

From Nature • Feb. 27, 2013

In the past year, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal have run pieces poking fun at the proliferation of scientific words ending in -ome, which now number in the thousands.

From Nature • Feb. 27, 2013

I think -ome is a very important suffix.

From Nature • Feb. 27, 2013

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